# CVE-2025-69173: ThemeREX Tipsy Local File Inclusion

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-69173-themerex-tipsy-local-file-inclusion  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-06-17. Updated: 2026-06-17  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-69173 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.1 · Published 2026-06-17

The Tipsy theme for WordPress is vulnerable to a security flaw that allows unauthorized individuals to access sensitive files on the web server. By exploiting this vulnerability, an attacker could potentially view configuration files containing database credentials, leading to a full takeover of the website and its data. This issue affects all versions of the theme up to and including 1.1, and there is currently no official patch available.

Vendors: [ThemeREX](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/themerex).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-69173 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-69173 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-69173?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.1, published 17 June 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** ThemeREX Tipsy <= 1.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-69173?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2025-69173 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-69173?** Check whether you run ThemeREX Tipsy at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

A Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerability exists in the ThemeREX Tipsy theme for WordPress (versions <= 1.1) due to improper control of filenames in PHP include/require statements (CWE-98). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this flaw to include and execute local files on the server. This can be used to leak sensitive information, such as the wp-config.php file containing database credentials, or achieve remote code execution if the attacker can upload or manipulate local files. The attack vector is network-based with high complexity, requiring no user interaction or prior authentication. As of the advisory date, no official patch has been released by the developer.

## Affected products

- ThemeREX Tipsy <= 1.1

## Timeline

- 2025-11-09: other: Vulnerability reported by researcher Bonds
- 2026-05-27: disclosed: Vulnerability details published by Patchstack
- 2026-06-17: advisory: CVE published in NVD

## References

- [https://wordpress.org/themes](https://wordpress.org/themes)
- [https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/tipsy/vulnerability/wordpress-tipsy-theme-1-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/tipsy/vulnerability/wordpress-tipsy-theme-1-1-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)